New testing platform – from PC to personal laboratory

The new testing platform is a package of hardware and software tools for testing real circuits with the use of virtually implemented instruments. The versatility of the system is given by the wide range of instruments implemented in the software, which make the platform suitable for usage in any place, not having the constraints of a laboratory. The working space dimensions of the platform and the lack of connection between all the sockets allow the usage of the platform for testing more circuits or separate parts of the same circuit at the same time. This has proven to be very useful for error debugging since any circuit can be broken down to elementary parts without extra materials, time or cost of rebuilding the circuit again. The purpose of the paper is to investigate the abilities offered by the package, the various ways of using the board for implementing circuits and the combinations of functions offered through the virtual instruments.